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Friday, February 4, 2011

A "normal" child

Last week at a parents teachers meeting, a lady sitting next to me was telling me how she was worried to death that her 5 year old daughter has not shown any signs of being a" maths whiz kid" even after a month of rigorous abacus classes . The poor lady was spending sleepless nights trying to convince herself that this was"normal". While i sympathise with her wholeheartedly ( i believe that to each parent his/her own..after all its their child!!!!) it set me thinking as to what would be the things which i would worry about in the case of my son(although only illness has the power to give me sleepless nights..i can sleep through a storm ;duly certified by my husband)
I would worry if my 5 year old son(as of now)

did not give me bear hugs and slurpy kisses after coming home from school

did not pester me to play with my maid's child as he pesters me to play with my neighbour's child

did not believe that "Ben 10" and "chotabheem" can do "anything"

did not daydream

did not have friends

did not think his amma and achan knows answers to "everything" (hopefully this phase will last for some more months..its such a ego booster!!!!)

did not feel like"having something to eat" throughout the day

did not know how to "live in the moment"

and most of all..
did not feel happy "just being nachikaet"!!!
Lets hope i can worry about the same things when he brings me(god forbid) a C minus maths report card!!!!

3 comments:

I am kinda with the mom who finds it hard to accept that her son is normal :-) However, deep down I know all I want for my little darling is exactly the things you have listed...Its an interesting conflict...Btw, I just found you through desimomz and would love read more blogs on your site :-) Good luck!

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don't even think about it!!!

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their body but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,which you cannot visit,not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you...
Kahlil Gibran-The Prophet